690 LXVI COMBRETACEZE. ( Gyrocarpec. 
convolutz,—Arbor elata, ramulis crassís apice foliosis. T'olia alterma, longe petiolata, 
ampla, integra v. lobata, integerrima, membranacea. Flores parvi, in cymas densifloras 
ramosas ebracteatas dispositi, incano-pubescentes, masculi numerosissimi, feeminei in cymg 
solitarii v. pauci, Fructus al: 2—3-pollieares. 
Species 1l, totius orbis inter tropicos ineola.  ZHoxb. Corem. Pl. i. t£. Y. — Endl. Ieonogr. t. 43. 
JBenth. Fl. Austral. ài. 505. : 
15. Sparattanthelium, JMarft. i» Flora, 1841, ii. Beibl. 40; et in Regensb. Denkschr. 
iii. 298. 7. 11, er Endl Gen. Suppl. iii. 64.—Flores polygamo-dioici. Calycis tubus 
ovoideus, teretiusculus, supra ovarium constrictus; limbus 4-7-partitus, tarde deciduus, 
lobis sequalibus v. ineequalibus patentibus obtusis velutinis imbricatis. Petala 0. Stamina 
4-7, basi limbi calycis inserta, filamentis basi nudis; antherz oblongsw v. lineares; pollem 
minutissimum, globosum, granulosum. Ovarium l-loculare; stylus crassiuseulus, stigmate 
oblique capitellato obtuso hine emarginato; ovulum 1, ab apice leculi pendulum. Drups 
ovoidea, teres v. angulata, putamine coriaceo v. subligneo. l-sperma. Semen elongato- 
ovideum, testa spongiosa; cotyledones circa radiculam convolutz, foliacem, contortupli- 
catz.—Arbores et frutices scandentes, ramulis teretibus. Folia alterna, petiolata, mem- 
branacea, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, integerrima, 3—5-nervia. Flores parvi, ebracteolati, 
incurvi in cymas terminales ramosas multifloras dispositi, ramis infimis foliaceo-bracteatis, 
Drupa eortice nunc secedente, 
Species 3 v. 4, Amerieze tropicze orientalis a Mexico ad Brasiliam incole. 
Ongnpo LXVII. MUYRTACEZ.. 
Endl. Gen. 1223; Lindl Veg. Kingd. 734. | CnmawugLavcrEm, Lindl.l. e. 721. — BARRINGTONIACEX, 
Lindl l. e. 751. LzscyrHrpACEzx, Lindl.l. c. 739. — BgrvistacEz, Lindl. 1. c. 728. 
Flores scepius regulares v. subregulares, hermaphroditi v. &bortu polygami. Calycis 
tubus (Aypanthiwum nonnullorum) basi v. usque ad staminum insertionem ovario adnatus; 
limbus :zqualis v. parum inzqualis, in lobos v. segmenta 4—5 rarius 6—co v. 3, in alabastro 
saltem juvenili imbrieata divisus, rarius subinteger truncatusque v. in alabastro clausus et 
per anthesin in laciniis 2-5 valvatim v. irregulariter fissus. — Petala 4-5 rarius 6, v. abortu 
pauciora v. O, sequalia v. exteriora paullo majora, disci margini inserts, ante anthesin 
sepius valde imbrieata, et in globum conniventia, exterioribus interiora sspe omnino ob- 
tegentibus, interdum plus minus connata v. in calyptram per anthesin caducam arcte con- 
ferruminata, szpius per anthesin patentia. .Díseus ealycis tubum vestiens, margine stami- 
nifero tenui annulato v. lato nunc incrassato os calycis fere elaudente, squali v. rarius 
hine producto. Stamina coo, rarius definita, numero petalorum duplo plura zqualia v. 
pauciora, sepe numerosa, disei margini v. intra marginem l-ce-seriatim inserta v. discum 
totum dense obtegentia, sestivatione inflexa v. involuta, rarius biplicata v. etiam in alabastro 
rectiuscula; filamenta ssepius filiformia, libera v. basi in annulum seu tubum brevem v. in 
phalanges petalis, rarius sepalis, oppositas eoalita. 4nfAere parvsm v. oblongo-lineares, 
2-loculares, versatiles (medio dorso v. prope basin affixs) v. basifixze, loculis rimis longitu- 
dinalibus rarius poris apicalibus dehiseentibus, connectivo srepissime glandnla parva glo- 
bosa appendiculato, rarius in appendicem producto. Gyneciwm syncarpieum. Ovarium 
inferum, rarius semi-inferum v.lata basi excepta superum calycisque tubo inelusum, nunc 
1-loculare, placenta (dissepimento imperfecto?) basilari v. hine adnata v. filiformi subcen- 
trali basi apiceque affixa, seepius 2-o0-loculare placentis axi affixis v. in axe coalitis, rarissime 
l-loculare placentis 2 parietalibus, Stylus simplex elongatus v. rarius subnullus, stigmate 
terminali parvo capitato peltato v. rarissime 3-4-lobo. Ovula ad quamque placentam 
2—20, 2-2c-seriata v. rarissime solitaria, campylotropa v. anatropa. Fructus nunc inferus, 
calycis limbo persistente coronatus v. limbo deciduo denudatus, nune semisuperus v. basi 
lata excepta superus, calycis tubo persistente inclusus v. rarius vertice exsertus, nunc cap- 
sularis vertice in valvas tot quot loculi loculicide dehiscens, nune l-spermus siccus indehis- 
censque, nune earnosus bacca v. drupa) indehiscens l-ooc-spermus, Semina forma varia, 
